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Ngā Wheako | Stories

Stories of change

See how Aunty Āwhi helps strengthen financial oranga for young people and deliver improved outcomes for our partner organisations.

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Aunty Kiri’s story

Aunty Kiri was in her late forties when everything changed at once. The family business was struggling, money was tight, and the stress was sitting heavy on the whole whānau. Then one day, while Kiri and her daughter were at school and work, her husband left.

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Aunty Pali’s story

Aunty Pali knows about money. She has spent years working in finance with Westpac’s Total Money Management team, helping families learn to get better with money. But before all of that, she was a young mum on the Hibiscus Coast, trying to make a monthly wage do the work of two.